PHILADELPHIA — On Sunday afternoon at Marian Anderson Hall, Yannick Nézet-Séguin led his Philadelphia Orchestra through the four-hour entirety of Richard Wagner’s ‘Tristan and Isolde.” And I don’t ...

Stuart Skelton, Nina Stemme and Brian Mulligan as Tristan, Isolde and Kurwenal performing behind the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Photo: Jessica Griffin / Philadelphia O ...

Literature and legend are rife with young lovers tragically undone by war, politics and cruel fate. Director Baz Luhrmann understood that the naïveté of teenagers in love is a force to be reckoned ...

Next we'll hear about a film that our reviewer describes as `boy meets girl, boy loses girl, and so on from there.' It's a new film called "Tristan & Isolde," and it revisits a classic medieval story ...

Tristan + Isolde wrongly portrays the Irish as colonizers in England, deviating from historical facts. Ridley Scott produced the film and is known for altering history in his movies. James Franco was ...

This image released by the Philadelphia Opera shows Soprano Nina Stemme, from top left, tenor Stuart Skelton, and baritone Brian Mulligan, with the Philadelphia Orchestra led by music director Yannick ...

Paul Curran makes his Company debut directing his production from Venice's Teatro La Fenice which features renowned Wagnerian interpreters Simon O'Neill and Anja Kampe in the title roles. In ...

“Our intentions are anachronistic,” said the German director Roland Schwab about his Bayreuth Festival production of Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde, adding, “I want to achieve a sense of escapism.” That ...

The Arthurian legends contain many accurate pieces of information from the historical era in which they are set. One of the ...

Thorleifur Orn Arnarsson’s production of “Tristan und Isolde” at the Bayreuth Festival in Germany is an excellently conducted puzzle of grim symbols. By Joshua Barone Reviewing from Bayreuth, Germany ...

PHILADELPHIA — On Sunday afternoon at Marian Anderson Hall, Yannick Nézet-Séguin led his Philadelphia Orchestra through the four-hour entirety of Richard Wagner’s ‘Tristan and Isolde.” And I don’t ...